UPDATE: Residential Fire Determined to Arson

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

VBFD's Accelerant Detecting Canine's Findings Positive

Once again, the Virginia Beach Fire Department's accelerant detecting canine, "Sadie" comes through for fire investigators. Yesterday, the Virginia Beach Fire Marshal's Office confirmed that last week's residential fire in the 5700 block of Paiute Road was intentionally set. As part of their investigation, the canine was deployed to search the house for traces of ignitable liquids. Investigators report that the areas where the dog alerted tested positive for the presence of an ignitable liquid. Sadie, a black Labrador Retriever is almost six years old and been with the VBFD for almost five years.

​Residential Fire Determined to Arson

​08/15/18

Fire Investigators with the Virginia Beach Fire Department have determined that last week's residential fire in the 5700 block of Paiute Road was intentionally set. The tenants of the residence, 57-year old William Davis and 50-year old Belinda Davis were not home when firefighters arrived at the scene at around 7:20 on the morning of August 8th. Two dogs were found in the home, one deceased and the other was resuscitated and has been adopted. ​